diff --git a/src/pkg/http/request_test.go b/src/pkg/http/request_test.go
index 869cd57b696..175d6f170b8 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/request_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/request_test.go
@@ -20,57 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"url"
 )
 
-type stringMultimap map[string][]string
-
-type parseTest struct {
-	query string
-	out   stringMultimap
-}
-
-var parseTests = []parseTest{
-	{
-		query: "a=1&b=2",
-		out:   stringMultimap{"a": []string{"1"}, "b": []string{"2"}},
-	},
-	{
-		query: "a=1&a=2&a=banana",
-		out:   stringMultimap{"a": []string{"1", "2", "banana"}},
-	},
-	{
-		query: "ascii=%3Ckey%3A+0x90%3E",
-		out:   stringMultimap{"ascii": []string{"<key: 0x90>"}},
-	},
-}
-
-func TestParseForm(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, test := range parseTests {
-		form, err := url.ParseQuery(test.query)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: Unexpected error: %v", i, err)
-			continue
-		}
-		if len(form) != len(test.out) {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: len(form) = %d, want %d", i, len(form), len(test.out))
-		}
-		for k, evs := range test.out {
-			vs, ok := form[k]
-			if !ok {
-				t.Errorf("test %d: Missing key %q", i, k)
-				continue
-			}
-			if len(vs) != len(evs) {
-				t.Errorf("test %d: len(form[%q]) = %d, want %d", i, k, len(vs), len(evs))
-				continue
-			}
-			for j, ev := range evs {
-				if v := vs[j]; v != ev {
-					t.Errorf("test %d: form[%q][%d] = %q, want %q", i, k, j, v, ev)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	req := &Request{Method: "GET"}
 	req.URL, _ = url.Parse("http://www.google.com/search?q=foo&q=bar")
diff --git a/src/pkg/url/url.go b/src/pkg/url/url.go
index d07b016118f..9d193482ce4 100644
--- a/src/pkg/url/url.go
+++ b/src/pkg/url/url.go
@@ -532,20 +532,28 @@ func ParseQuery(query string) (m Values, err os.Error) {
 }
 
 func parseQuery(m Values, query string) (err os.Error) {
-	for _, kv := range strings.Split(query, "&") {
-		if len(kv) == 0 {
+	for query != "" {
+		key := query
+		if i := strings.IndexAny(key, "&;"); i >= 0 {
+			key, query = key[:i], key[i+1:]
+		} else {
+			query = ""
+		}
+		if key == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		kvPair := strings.SplitN(kv, "=", 2)
-
-		var key, value string
-		var e os.Error
-		key, e = QueryUnescape(kvPair[0])
-		if e == nil && len(kvPair) > 1 {
-			value, e = QueryUnescape(kvPair[1])
+		value := ""
+		if i := strings.Index(key, "="); i >= 0 {
+			key, value = key[:i], key[i+1:]
 		}
-		if e != nil {
-			err = e
+		key, err1 := QueryUnescape(key)
+		if err1 != nil {
+			err = err1
+			continue
+		}
+		value, err1 = QueryUnescape(value)
+		if err1 != nil {
+			err = err1
 			continue
 		}
 		m[key] = append(m[key], value)
diff --git a/src/pkg/url/url_test.go b/src/pkg/url/url_test.go
index af394d4fb4a..8c27e18e1aa 100644
--- a/src/pkg/url/url_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/url/url_test.go
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-// TODO(rsc):
-//	test Unescape
-//	test Escape
-//	test Parse
-
 type URLTest struct {
 	in        string
 	out       *URL
@@ -696,3 +691,60 @@ func TestQueryValues(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("second Get(bar) = %q, want %q", g, e)
 	}
 }
+
+type parseTest struct {
+	query string
+	out   Values
+}
+
+var parseTests = []parseTest{
+	{
+		query: "a=1&b=2",
+		out:   Values{"a": []string{"1"}, "b": []string{"2"}},
+	},
+	{
+		query: "a=1&a=2&a=banana",
+		out:   Values{"a": []string{"1", "2", "banana"}},
+	},
+	{
+		query: "ascii=%3Ckey%3A+0x90%3E",
+		out:   Values{"ascii": []string{"<key: 0x90>"}},
+	},
+	{
+		query: "a=1;b=2",
+		out:   Values{"a": []string{"1"}, "b": []string{"2"}},
+	},
+	{
+		query: "a=1&a=2;a=banana",
+		out:   Values{"a": []string{"1", "2", "banana"}},
+	},
+}
+
+func TestParseQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range parseTests {
+		form, err := ParseQuery(test.query)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("test %d: Unexpected error: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(form) != len(test.out) {
+			t.Errorf("test %d: len(form) = %d, want %d", i, len(form), len(test.out))
+		}
+		for k, evs := range test.out {
+			vs, ok := form[k]
+			if !ok {
+				t.Errorf("test %d: Missing key %q", i, k)
+				continue
+			}
+			if len(vs) != len(evs) {
+				t.Errorf("test %d: len(form[%q]) = %d, want %d", i, k, len(vs), len(evs))
+				continue
+			}
+			for j, ev := range evs {
+				if v := vs[j]; v != ev {
+					t.Errorf("test %d: form[%q][%d] = %q, want %q", i, k, j, v, ev)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}